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Arcade Tilt Idea For Emulated Pinball Games
paigeoliver:
You could also just use a real tilt mechanism from a real pinball table. The one inside my Gottlieb Victory is basically just a weight hanging inside a loop.
I am sure if you asked in the pinball newsgroup that someone would have an extra one.
TheTick:
That's a good idea; except that the ball might keep swinging after the machine was bumped or it would need to be bumped pretty hard to register. You kind of want each single bump to appear as a single keystroke.
Could make a small assembly with a ball or washer hanging from a string, and get it to bump into switches. I think the mercury switches would be easier to fine tune; and look cleaner as well.
creatine28:
Wonder if an old Leaf switch with a weight attached to one of the metal leaf parts might work as a tilt mechanism?
mpm32:
Look at some coin doors, they have a leaf switch with a weight on on of the leafs.
CitznFish:
my fathers Gottlied Kewpie Doll also had a weight hanging through a loop as their tilt mechanism. Might be easier than wiring 2 seperate mercury switches.
I miss playing that old Pinball. 1 dime = 1 play. a DIME!